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Caption: Khadijah Queen
On Skype, Cathy Byrd talks to poet Khadijah Queen about her creative practice and shares poems from her latest book, "Black Peculiar."

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 15:03
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Weird story; more "how" than "about"

  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 12:52
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Soundscape --- the poem expressed in sound

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 04:01
Caption: From the cover of Mother: A Journal of New Literature (1964). Reproduced with permission., Credit: Joe Brainard
In his poem "Autobiography," Joe Brainard tells us who he is. Some of the things that make him unique challenge the status quo of 1950s Tulsa, wher...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:30
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We visit a group of campers who read "Building a Frog," an evocative poem by John Wooley. With the sounds of the forest, cicadas, crickets and frog...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:17
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Three of Miami’s cultural organizers talk about the power of art in building community.

  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 31:44
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During the first half of this program, Marc Hendrix talks about his book, 'Geology Underfoot in Yellowstone Country.' In the second half, KC Glaste...

Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
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A short story in which a young man narrates a particular afternoon in the home of his mother, who has created a theater, of sorts, in which cats ar...

  • Added: Dec 24, 2009
  • Length: 22:19
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A documentary poem about DJ Guerin, who’s 32, with 7 kids.

Bought by KFAI, WMNF, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound, New Hampshire Public Radio, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 03, 2009
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 5
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A documentary poem about an afternoon spent with Billie Jean Hill at the Flag Day parade in Troy, New York. Billie Jean is a 25-year-old woman with...

Bought by KFAI, WMNF, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound, New Hampshire Public Radio, BBC Americana and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2009
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Author Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams discusses her book which draws parallels between the Rwandan genocide and the plight of the Utah prairie dog

Bought by Moab Public Radio and KVMR


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 23:57
  • Purchases: 2
From: WFUV
Series: Sound Poetry
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Remembering days at a gritty but still summery Bronx beach.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2009
  • Length: 04:51
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An experimental audio documentary/sound collage on people's perceptions of scents.

  • Added: May 14, 2008
  • Length: 14:27
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Two women, with two very different outlooks. They both would like your attention. Frankly, they demand your attention.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 10:11
  • Purchases: 1
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You're at a party. There's a conversation going on behind you. You really shouldn't be listening. Really.

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jul 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 1
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International poet Mani Rao, a recent writer-in-residence at the University of Iowa International Writing Program, has received world-wide recognit...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2006
  • Length: 18:32
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The voices from Death Row Inmates

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and KALW


  • Added: Jun 10, 2005
  • Length: 27:50
  • Purchases: 2
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The story of how a poet inspired a painter to draw a picture about a poem that had, in turn, been inspired by a piece of the painter's work.

Bought by KUCB, WNPR, WHQR, and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 27, 2005
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 4
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Iranian born Firoozeh Dumas' Audio Diary of a first time author

Bought by KUOW, WCAI / WNAN, WFUV, WYSO, and PRX Administrator


  • Added: Sep 06, 2003
  • Length: 18:02
  • Purchases: 5